Weather turns Plymouth school delay into cancellation

Plymouth Community School Corp. officials played it safe with students and staff this morning when they made the call to cancel school for the day.

Superintendent John Hill said he and Dan Tyree, assistant superintendent, had been monitoring the National Weather Service reports prior to the decision.

"WeÂ?re on the border (of the rain or ice), so we canceled," Hill said this morning.

"WeÂ?ve been in touch with other districts whoÂ?ve decided the same way," he added.

Tyree explained, "We had some roads in the country that are still ice-covered, and some hills that we didnÂ?t want buses trying to fight."

Hill said heÂ?d spoken this morning with Union-North school officials who, in turn, had been in touch with New Prairie and John Glenn schools.

Even though the current situation in the Plymouth area is heavy rain, some icing already is appearing on trees. Pines are experiencing some bowing of limbs because of the weight of the ice thatÂ?s building up, as well.

"ItÂ?s just a shooting match," Hill concluded, noting that officials intend to wait until early Wednesday morning to declare the status of classes then.